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NewsMax - Censorship
Came to this forum today to express my disappointment with DirecTV and request it be put back in the channel lineup. I know it's a forum and I can still see NewsMax on various Apps such as PlutoTV like I've been forced to do now, but I'm a DVR user who watches shows after they're taped. So many other customers have commented and are requesting the same thing from DirecTV. NewsMax was a great channel, and after OAN was dropped last year it looks like more than a coincidence. This is censorship. What does surprise me is all of these people who claim to be customers but are responding like they're DirecTV representatives and have these awards under their name. Many are downright rude, telling people to go ahead and quit because they don't care. DirecTV awards these people? After that I will soon be in the Former Customer category. Dish carries NewsMax and has comparable channels along with a price guarantee.
baseballisback
ACE - Professor
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8.1K Messages
2 years ago
NewsMax wanted AT&T to pay money.
Meanwhile, they're giving their product to other providers for free.
Why are they the way they are?
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Juniper
ACE - Expert
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22.6K Messages
2 years ago
@ortez28daniel
This is not censorship. DirecTV is free to negotiate for the terms they want and Newsmas was free to walk away from those negotiations. Nothing mandates you have any specific news channel or from any particular viewpoint. Pay TV is entertainment, not something any of us are entitled to.
Newsmax and OAN's leaving are two different situations. You say "coincidence" but the fact is that their carraige agreements ended close to a year apart. With OAN, DirecTV kept it close to the vest whatever the reason was. They only verified there would be no negotiations months before the fact. Newsmax on the other hand was in active negotiations. DirecTV stance has been to leave the door open if Newsmax wants to start talks again, but both entities are at vast odds regarding what they want out of a new carriage agreement.
If Dish has what you want, then go ahead. Just be aware there is no guarantee of any channel staying with them either. Channels come and go at any time per the Terms of Service.
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